11-08-2002, 02:29 PM
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[/center][center]For the week ending November 10th 02 [/center]There was a post on another thread (on Prism Shad) regarding whether or not there was a difference in hybrids of striped bass. If you go to a search engine and type in "striped bass hybrids", there are over 3000 sites with info, Many of them are sections of different state or federal fisheries sites.
For those who don't want to take a tour of the whole 3000 sites, here is a synopsis, including some of my own experience and observations. I have been catching hybrid stripers in Florida and Texas since the eighties. In Florida they may be called either "sunshine bass" or "palmetto bass". In Texas they are sunshine bass, swipers or wipers...or just plain ol' hybrids.
The world record for these hybrids is currently just over 24#, from a lake in Virginia. The average state record, in the southern states where they grow bigger and faster, is about 19 or 20 lbs. Wherever they are found, a 10 pound hybrid is considered a good catch, and the average is usually about Willard Bay size...three or four pounds.
Unlike some hybrids, stripers and white bass can be crossed both ways...male striper X female white bass or vice versa. The result is exactly the same. There's no genetic advantage in one cross over another. The offspring are still sterile, which makes them a good fish to stock where a population explosion is not wanted.
Two things everyone who catches them seems to agree upon. 1. They fight well. 2. They are great on the table.
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[/center][center]For the week ending November 10th 02 [/center]There was a post on another thread (on Prism Shad) regarding whether or not there was a difference in hybrids of striped bass. If you go to a search engine and type in "striped bass hybrids", there are over 3000 sites with info, Many of them are sections of different state or federal fisheries sites. For those who don't want to take a tour of the whole 3000 sites, here is a synopsis, including some of my own experience and observations. I have been catching hybrid stripers in Florida and Texas since the eighties. In Florida they may be called either "sunshine bass" or "palmetto bass". In Texas they are sunshine bass, swipers or wipers...or just plain ol' hybrids.
The world record for these hybrids is currently just over 24#, from a lake in Virginia. The average state record, in the southern states where they grow bigger and faster, is about 19 or 20 lbs. Wherever they are found, a 10 pound hybrid is considered a good catch, and the average is usually about Willard Bay size...three or four pounds.
Unlike some hybrids, stripers and white bass can be crossed both ways...male striper X female white bass or vice versa. The result is exactly the same. There's no genetic advantage in one cross over another. The offspring are still sterile, which makes them a good fish to stock where a population explosion is not wanted.
Two things everyone who catches them seems to agree upon. 1. They fight well. 2. They are great on the table.
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